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Josephite Father Cornelius Ejiogu, pastor of St. Luke Parish in Washington, leads a prayerful protest outside the White House in Washington June 8, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man whose neck was pinned to the ground by police for more than eight minutes before he was taken to the hospital. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Josephites among religious and laity joining ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests

Rhina Guidos
June 8, 2020
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“The Catholic voice as a group, as a family needs to be heard,” said Father Cornelius Ejiogu, a member of the Baltimore-based Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, best known as the Josephites.

Archbishop William E. Lori offers the invocation at the “Protest with a Purpose” at the U.S. District Court on Lombard Street June 8, as Ray Kelly looks on. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)

Archbishop Lori offers invocation at ‘Protest with a Purpose’

Paul McMullen
June 8, 2020
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The archbishop prayed for the Holy Spirit to consume racism and the conditions that led to the deaths of Floyd, Gray, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others around the nation.

Sharonell Fulton, a foster parent in Philadelphia, is pictured with a young woman and children in a May 23, 2018, photo. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other Catholic entities have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to protect Philadelphia's faith-based foster care in a decision expected this June. (CNS photo/courtesy Becket Religious Liberty for All)

USCCB, other Catholic groups urge court to protect faith-based foster care

Carol Zimmermann
June 8, 2020
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and a few Catholic Charities agencies have joined more than 30 other religious groups, states and a group of Congress members urging the Supreme Court to protect Philadelphia’s faith-based foster care.

Elizabeth McAlister, right, is seen in this 2016 file photo at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Activist ordered to pay restitution for naval base damage during protest

Dennis Sadowski
June 8, 2020
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One of the seven Catholic peace activists convicted on charges related to entering a naval base in southeastern Georgia and symbolically damaging weapons systems will not return to prison for her role in the protest.

Jazmine Servance is shown with Chiya McDonald, a friend, at the Institute of Notre Dame’s 2019 graduation at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. This year’s commencement will be held July 26. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

IND students attempt to move on

Paul McMullen
June 6, 2020
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They’re mourning the loss of a beloved institution, and searching for a new place to study and work – all while practicing remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Declaración sobre la eliminación de las facultades sacerdotales del padre Carlos Osorio

Archdiocese of Baltimore
June 6, 2020

La Arquidiócesis de Baltimore anuncia que ha eliminado las facultades sacerdotales de Padre Carlos Osorio, quien está en una excedencia efectiva de inmediato. Al Padre Osorio no se le permite ejercer ministerio en ninguna capacidad en la Arquidiócesis deBaltimore debido a relaciones sexuales que involucran a adultos que es inapropiada para un sacerdote. Se le ha instruido que no se presente como sacerdote y que no solicite fondos a los feligreses.

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